What’s holding up the blockchain?
The blockchain has been successful when it comes to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but we haven't yet figured out other uses.
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The bitcoin and blockchain: energy hogs
The digital world is taking more and more space in our lives... and dramatically increasing electrical use. It’s a serious problem given the urgent need fight climate change.
Can blockchain, a swiftly evolving technology, be controlled?
Laws cannot keep pace with technological advances – but that may not be a bad thing.
Can blockchain technology help poor people around the world?
Already becoming a darling of Wall Street, blockchain technology's biggest real benefits could come to the world's poorest people. Here's how.
How the blockchain will transform housing markets
There are many hidden costs and inefficiencies in housing markets. Blockchain is poised to transform that.
How to make an Internet of Intelligent Things work for Africa
The new Internet of Things has the potential to compensate for Africa's legacies of underdevelopment.
The blockchain could help advertisers lock up our attention
The blockchain isn't just for Bitcoin transactions. Advertisers can no longer ignore blockchain's huge implications for the world of marketing.
CBA’s test of government bond using the blockchain, is just that
Despite a media statement announcing that Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) have created the first government bond using the blockchain (dubbed the “cryptobond…
Why artificial intelligence could be key to future-proofing the grid
Many believe we can stabilise the power supply by asking customers to help - but there's a problem.
Your next social network could pay you for posting
Social networks built on blockchain technology, such as Steemit, promise a far more democratic experience.
Smart contracts – smart or dumb?
Consider, for a moment, these two statements from the “Ultimate Guide to Understanding Blockchain Smart Contracts” on a well known Blockchain website: 1) Traditional Contracts “Traditional physical contracts…
What next for the ASX and Blockchain in 2017?
What a difference a year makes. In January 2016, ASX was bathing in the warm glow of having been acclaimed by Blythe Masters, an American super saleswoman and head of a Blockchain start-up called Digital…
Centrelink data-matching problems show the need for a government blockchain
The problems with Centrelink's data-matching system stem from reconciling datasets held by different agencies. What if we used a blockchain to create a single source of data?
Blockchain – not fit for financial markets
For a discipline that is supposedly rational, finance has had its fair share of irrational crazes. For example, the dotcom bubble and the collateralized debt obligation craze that led to the global financial…
How blockchain will transform our cities
If you think the internet has changed your life, brace yourself for the next digital innovation that's set to transform our world.
Blockchain: reinventing the squeaky wheel
Apparently, the world is holding its breath on the unloading of a few bales of cotton, which “could change trade forever”. In Qingdao sometime in early November, 88 bales of cotton will be unloaded and…
Blockchain really only does one thing well
The blockchain just doesn’t do what most people seem to think it does.
Blockchains could help restore trust in the food we choose to eat
If blockchains can deliver on supply chain transparency it could revolutionise the food industry.
Blockchains: Focusing on bitcoin misses the real revolution in digital trust
The transaction system underlying the bitcoin network has far broader uses than easing financial transfers – including identifying people and tracking property ownership.
Blockchain technology could be a game changer for developing communities
Many developing economies have already embraced the sharing economy, now they have a platform to get more out of it.
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